Commonwealth Ex Rel. Deutsch v. Deutsch

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The question is whether a wife who has obtained a support order upon her husband may attach his wages.

The order of support in the present case was orginally made in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cambria County, and was certified to the Court of Common Pleas of that county pursuant to the Act of May 8,1901, P. L. 143, and there entered as a judgment. Relatrix, Freda Deutsch, caused an attachment execution to be issued on this judgment attaching the wages of her husband, Jacob Deutsch, in the hands of his employer, the Bethlehem Steel Company. The court…